Charles Roger Anderson, 87, of Oakley, KS died Tuesday, February 15, 2022, at his residence. He was born September 9, 1934, to Andrew and Helen Anderson, in Gove, KS, where he was raised with his three brothers and one sister.
Chuck graduated from Gove High School in 1952 and spent
two years at Fort Hays State University before being employed by the
Kansas State Highway department as a surveyor in July of 1954. He helped
construct the then new Interstate 70 which ran from the Colorado border
to the Missouri border. He was drafted into the US Army in 1956 and
served until his honorable discharge in 1962. He married Joyce Ostmeyer
on April 7, 1959, in Oakley KS, where they resided in the house he built
himself. Chuck, or Andy as he was often called, worked for KDOT for 42
years, retiring as an engineer in 1996, never taking a sick day off work
in 42 years.
Chuck was the proud father of four children, Michael, David, Tracy, and
Tina and three grandchildren, Kaiden, Ty, and Leyton. He farmed his
fathers rented land on weekends and was an avid fisherman, hunter and
golfer. He was a former member of Pheasants Forever, the Oakley Country
Club and a member of the St. Joseph’s Catholic Church.
Chuck was a doting family man who loved going to various Kansas lakes
such as Cedar Bluff, Wilson, and Webster to fish, boat, ski and camp
out. He was a self-taught mechanic and woodworker who could piddle with
the best of them in his shop building many projects for family, friends
and neighbors.
Chuck loved his friends and never met a stranger. He enjoyed drinking
coffee, playing cards and solving “all of life’s problems” along the
way. He was best known for his story telling and his boisterous laugh
that could be heard all across town.
He is preceded in death by his parents; brothers Bud and Ralph Anderson; sister Leona Woods and son Michael Anderson.
He is survived by his wife Joyce, of the home in Oakley; son David and
his wife Mary Ann, of Wheatridge, CO; daughters, Tracy and partner Jen,
of Wichita, KS, and Tina Braesch and husband Eric, of Denver, CO;
younger brother Richard and his wife Patti, of Colorado Springs
Colorado; three grandsons, Kaiden, Ty and Leyton and several nieces and
nephews.
There will be a celebration of life on Thursday, February 17, at the
Anderson residence in Oakley, KS. The Funeral Mass will be Friday,
February 18, at 11:00 am, at Saint Joseph’s Catholic Church, Oakley, with
burial at Saint Joseph’s Cemetery, Oakley.
Memorials are welcomed to the Friends of Webster Lake or St. Joseph's Catholic Grade School of Oakley and may be sent in care of Baalmann Mortuary, PO Box 204 Oakley, KS 67748. Online condolences: www.baalmannmortuary.com.